I had never seen it until the day I bought it, but I just couldn’t resist the cover and synopsis. I picked up Dread Nation on a whim while I was at a book fair. After all, not even being the daughter of a wealthy white Southern woman could save her from society’s expectations… more” It’s a chance for a better life for Negro girls like Jane. But there are also opportunities-and Jane is studying to become an Attendant, trained in both weaponry and etiquette to protect the well-to-do. In this new nation, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Reeducation Act require certain children attend combat schools to learn to put down the dead. “ Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville-derailing the War Between the States and changing America forever.
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